Shota Nakamura

The paper shows that infant acquisition of Stickland-metabolizing bacteria prevents Clostridium botulinum infection by competing for amino acids.

This study uses cryo-EM to determine high-resolution structures of type I and IV pili from enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli, revealing subunit interactions and hydrated water molecules.

The paper shows that the cell wall polymer, not active polymerization, is critical for membrane partitioning in Mycobacterium smegmatis.